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UNITED STATES Patented February 2, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

WVILLIAM MUNRO, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO P. & F.

CORBIN, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CON- NECTICUT.

SASH-CORD HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 751,093, dated. February 2, 1904.

Application filed October 19, 1903- Serial No. 177,538. (No model.)

To all whom it Wmy concern.-

Be it known that I, TILLIAM MUNRo, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Cord Holders, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to sash-cord holders, and particularly to that class in which a cord is to be removably secured in the edge of a sash. Devices of this character that have hitherto been employed have usually gripped the cord or held it in such a manner that it was liable to injury and also liable to be wedged or jammed into place, so as to be removed with difficulty.

It is the object of my invention to overcome these difliculties and produce a sash cord holder which may be manufactured economically and which will efliciently hold the sashcord in place and yet which may be readily removed, the construction serving to perform its function without injuring the cord in any way.

The invention consists in employing a spiral of wireithrough which the cord is passed and which surrounds a knot on the end of the cord, the device being inserted in the usual cylindrical recess-in the edge of the sash.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a cross-section of a fragment of a sash, showing my invention in use. Fig. 2 is a side view of a fragment of a sash with the device of my inven- Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a sash-cord holder involving the improvements of my invention.

1 indicates the sash-cord, which is knotted on the end, as at 2.

3 is a fragment of a window-sash or the like, having a longitudinal channel 4, which extends from the upper edge of the sash down to and intersecting the cylindrical recess 5. I

The construction of my invention consists in a spiral of wire, preferably round in crosssection and of some considerable strength and having one end bent across substantially at right angles to the coil or diametrically in the cross-bar 6, terminating in the end 7, which is hooked about one-of the coils. The device is secured in place on the cord by slipping the cord through at one side of the cross-bar 6, as shown particularly in Fig. 2, and then pulling the knot 2 up securely in place. The device attached to the knot is then thrust into position in the recess of the sash. It is easily removable from its position and in no way injures the cord either by contact or method of attachment. The spiral of wire forms a yielding cage cylindrical in form with a cross-bar at one end, leaving a restricted passage for the sash-cord.

In the drawings it will be seen that I have made the spiral of my device but slightly smaller than the interior diameter of the recess in the sash, so that the end 7 of the device projects slightly into the channel 4. It 7 is thus securely seated in position and held by the tension of the sash-cord. As the weight is brought to bear on the sash-cord the knot is pulled up against the cross-bar 6, and this cross-bar acts as a spring-support, so as to in considerable degree obviate the sudden jarring of the window-sash when raised or lowered. It will be noted that the spiral contacts with the walls of the recess 5 at the point 8 and sometimes at the point 9. \Vhen tension is applied to the cord, therefore, the spiral is supported at ornear the point 7 and also at the point 8, so that the cross-bar and the adjacent portion of the spiral is free to spring out or back under pressure.

The device is of a simple construction and readily put into use and permits of the sashcord being very readily removed.

What I claim is 1. A sash-cord holder comprising a spiral wire having one end turned substantially into the position of a diameter of the spiral and Signed at New Britain, Connecticut, this hooked over and secured thereto. 16th day of October, 1903.

2. A sash-cord holder comprising a yielding cage of cylindrical form, a cross-bar se- WILLIAM MUNRO' 5 cured across one end and leaving a restricted WVitnesses:

opening and formlng a yielding support, sub- G. E. ROOT, stantially as described. L. M. BRAMAN. 

